Boring, complex and important: a recipe for the web's dire future

Apple's iPhone: the 10 year anniversary

Steve Jobs holding the first iPhone. He called it: "a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device”

Credit Apple

iPhone 3G, 2008

The second-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G was only $199 for the 8GB model when it was released in 2008

Credit beve4/flickr

iPhone 3GS, 2009

“The fastest, most powerful iPhone yet” had a 3MP autofocus camera and allowed smartphone users to cut, copy and paste in text

Credit Apple

iPhone 4, 2010

When the iPhone 4 came out in 2010 it added FaceTime Video calling, Retina display and a 5MP camera, alongside a new redesign away from the curved shape of the previous devices

Credit Apple

iPhone 4S, 2011

The iPhone 4S introduced Siri, Apple’s intelligent assistant to the world. The phone was announced on October 4 2011, one day before Steve Jobs died

Credit Apple

iPhone 5, 2012

The next device came with a new aluminium design and 4-inch Retina display, as well as a redesign that made the new phone thinner and lighter than previous iPhones

Credit Apple

iPhone 5C, 2013

Proposed as a cheaper alternative, the new iPhone 5C was plastic and available in a range of colours, However, it was still pretty expensive, retailing at £469

Credit Apple

iPhone 5S, 2013

Apple stuck with its four-inch design for the iPhone 5S, instead deciding to upgrade the internal specs and bring a new operating system to the new device. We’ve also come far from the first iPhone prices – the new 5S was £549 sim-free in the UK

Credit Apple

iPhone 6, 2014

The iPhone 6 heralded a big design move: the new device was bigger and slimmer, at 6.9mm and the bigger iPhone 6 Plus measuring 7.1mm

Credit Nate Lanxon

iPhone 6S, 2015

The iPhone 6S introduced 3D Touch, allowing you to press on the display with different amounts of force which would make the OS do different things with the information. And a Rose Gold version was also released

Credit Apple

iPhone SE, 2016

Similar to the 5C, this was meant to be a smaller, cheaper iPhone but still packing in the capacity of the iPhone 6S. And cheaper it was; the new phone was available from £359 compared to the iPhone 6S, which started from £539

Credit Apple

iPhone 7, 2016

The world was not happy when Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus devices. But an improved battery life, as well as making the device powerful and more efficient did help quell the annoyance